Tech Explained

Cybercriminals have been always making malicious software (Malware) to do stuff like steal your precious data. The security industry has also been thinking up creative names for these schemes. Trojans, worms, ransomware, etc. One of the most sinister forms of malware prevalent today is the... Read More

Surround sound has brought in a lot of realism and audio detail in the home cinema experience. Today we focus on the two most used surround audio formats: DTS and Dolby Digital. Both audio technologies enable movie producers to reproduce multi-channel surround audio in our... Read More

Have you ever tried changing music/audio from one format to another and compared the differences? Normally, the audio loses some quality in the process and therefore is not very enjoyable to listen to. Music producers and artists know about this so they capture their recordings... Read More

Bang! Bang! Shots Fired! Ever since the release of USB C, all those unique traditional USB ports connecting various gadgets are seeing an untimely death. And as it stands, the marriage between USB4 vs Thunderbolt 3 has more or less sealed the deal. Contrary to... Read More

If you regularly use a computer, the internet or you often share files with other computer uses, you must have heard common words like virus, spyware, Trojan etc. it is a common believed that all of them (malware) are viruses that can be very harmful... Read More

There are some computing terms and technicalities that one might never know because of the generalization effect. Just as its hard for an ordinary computer user - or even a non-user - to  distinguish between a CPU and a motherboard, the difference between a GPU... Read More

Audio is a big part of the smartphone experience especially when it has to do with music. Asides from blasting music from your phone speakers, the 3.5mm headphone jack was the universal interface for getting audio to your ears through headsets or earpiece before the... Read More

When we talk about Bluetooth, picture it as not just a feature of your smartphone or other appliance, but the future of inter-device communication and the future of technology at large. And you might be aware of the fact that Bluetooth comes in several versions... Read More

Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced a new Bluetooth version called the Bluetooth 5.1 earlier this year. For its last release, Bluetooth 5, there was a spotlight on the interaction of IoT. With this edition, more refinement has been done to that aspect. There are... Read More